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offtodevnull

HowTo: Convert already ripped TV Series DVDs (video_ts folder with all the usual files) to Individual episodes in .mkv files?

It's fine to say if this is more trouble than it's worth.

I have a bunch of TV shows on disk that have been ripped from old DVDs that I'd like to export/transcode as individual episodes - with each episode as a .mkv file.

Is there a fairly easy way to accomplish this or should I punt and just use Kodi instead of Plex for these programs?

I have Macs and Windows and Linux PCs, so I'm not particularly partial to OS specific apps, if that matters.

Cheers,

Posted Feb 6, 2021, 3:54 AM UTC

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Malossi16736TB•

makemkv can do this

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GrahamPhisher•

Handbrake - https://handbrake.fr/

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SuitableNight20TB•

Like everyone else said either rip them again with MakeMKV which can spit out each episode as its own file. As long as the DVD/Bluray wasn't encoded with all the episodes as just one very long video file (I've run into a few shows that did that). This is the simplest, highest quality way. https://www.makemkv.com/

And/Or Use Handbrake. You can set it to cut up your existing video files either by the time code or if your files have chapter markers by those. You can also you Handbrake to compress down the size of the files but at the penalty of quality. But that's more a personal choice. https://handbrake.fr/

Both are free and pretty simple to use. Both work on Win/Mac, Handbrake also runs on Linux.

You also if you really want to could try using Avidemux which is a simple video editor program. Its more complicated than the other two but you could cut up the video files and retain the full quality. All major OS supported. http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

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Far_Marsupial6303•

+1 to using MakeMKV

Be aware that DVDs have the episodes combined into one set of .VOBs, so you'll have to manually edit the multiple episode .MKV. You can do this with AVIDemux.

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offtodevnullOP•

Thank-you everyone who responded. This is exactly what I needed.

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kabanossi•

I have a bunch of TV shows on disk that have been ripped from old DVDs that I'd like to export/transcode as individual episodes - with each episode as a .mkv file.

Handbrake for Linux and macOS or Staxrip for Windows do the job.

https://handbrake.fr/

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip

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theOriginalDrCos•

makemkv does this and will split the episodes (and extras) into separate t00, t01, etc files.

You will need to rename the files to identify the episodes. If you use the TVdb to number Sx Ex you will have no problems with most server/player software.

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